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9781586030308

Origin of Humankind: Conference Proceedings of the International Symposium, Venice, 14-15 May 1998

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  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-12-01
  • Publisher: Ios Pr Inc

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Summary

This volume deals with one of the most fascinating topics in world science today. Some of its important areas - from paleontology to genetics have yielded the most striking contributions. However, it also has aspects that transcend science, and probe deeply into domains that do not pertain to scientific culture proper, e.g. religion and philosophy. The volume will bring together contributions from a very distinguished group of palaeontologists and geneticists: they present an update of knowledge on the topic, the "Out-of-Africa" theory; the demise of the Neanderthal, perhaps the most fascinating anthropological enigma; the Italian scene.

Table of Contents

Preface
New Data on Modern Human Originsp. 1
Before Modern Humans: The European Perspectivep. 3
DNA and Recent Human Evolutionp. 7
Global Mitochondrial DNA Variation and the Origin of Native Americansp. 9
Mitochondrial DNA Sequences from Extinct Humans - Problems and Prospectsp. 13
A Nuclear DNA Perspective on Human Evolutionp. 15
The Human Language Facultyp. 17
Some Conclusions about Human Evolutionp. 19
Does Culture Evolve?p. 21
The Fossil Calvaria of Homo Erectus from Ceprano (Central Italy): A New Reconstructionp. 25
Fossil Children: What Can They Tell Us about the Origin of the Genus Homo?p. 35
Fossil Italians. What We Know and What We Could Learn about Human Evolution from the Italian Fossil Recordp. 51
Mitochondrial DNA and Human Diversity: A Detailed Analysis of the D-Loop Regionp. 69
Neolithic and Palaeolithic Components in the European Gene Poolp. 79
Possible Approaches to the Search for Man's Genetic Adaptations to Adverse Biological Factors: The Case of Malariap. 81
Neanderthals and Modern Humans in Europe: Behavioural Aspectsp. 85
Indo-European Languages and Geneticsp. 95
Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Europe: Implications for the Origin of Europeans and Disease Studiesp. 99
Author Indexp. 103
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